Denominational Profile

Notes

The United Pentecostal Church International, a Oneness Pentecostal church, was founded in 1945 as a merger of the Pentecostal Church, Inc., and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ. It is the largest of the predominantly white Oneness Pentecostal churches.

Membership Data

Year

Clergy

Churches

Members

1950

1,200

1,200

100,000

1952

1,300

1,100

125,000

1954

1,500

1,200

125,000

1955

1,400

1,500

125,000

1957

1,713

1,560

135,000

1958

1,775

1,595

160,000

1960

1,875

1,900

175,000

1962

1,935

1,800

150,000

1965

2,061

2,000

125,000

1968

2,273

2,500

225,000

1969

2,300

2,200

200,000

1971

2,445

2,500

250,000

1972

5,250

2,650

250,000

1973

5,555

2,775

270,000

1975

2,887

2,613

300,000

1977

5,970

2,701

405,000

1978

5,887

2,792

420,000

1979

5,881

2,830

450,000

1980

6,063

2,829

465,000

1982

6,659

3,300

465,000

1984

6,775

3,377

475,000

1985

6,796

3,408

500,000

1986

6,984

3,410

500,000

1988

6,984

3,410

500,000

1989

7,279

3,592

500,000

1990

7,447

3,592

500,000

1991

7,464

3,626

500,000

1992

7,474

3,728

550,000

1994

-

3,730

550,000

2002

9,004

4,100

-

2005

9,085

4,358

646,304

2006

9,224

4,358

646,304

Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. The National Council of Churches' data collection was discontinued after the 2012 Yearbook was published, and has been resumed by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB). The tables and graphs will be updated when the new collection is available. See the Yearbook of Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]